Most pets come to us because life got hard, not because they were unwanted.
Your gift helps families through a rough patch so their pets can stay home.
1,180pets surrendered by families, up 90% since 2021
3 in 4surrenders were about rent, cost, or health, not the pet
290pets kept home through our keep-home program
Family surrenders nearly doubled in five years
Helping a family costs a fraction of a kennel
Keep one pet home
$75
Shelter one pet until adopted
$520
In 2025, $30,750 of help saved $150,800 in shelter care.
Help 600 families in 2026
Our $45,000 goal keeps about 425 pets home and frees kennels for animals who truly need one.
≈ $221,000 of shelter care avoided: every $1 given avoids about $5 in care.
A month of pet food$40
Keep one pet home$75
Help 10 families$750
Millbrook Humane Society is fictional. Sample work by Paper Moth Analytics. Invented data modeled on Shelter Animals Count 2025, Best Friends Animal Society 2025, a University of Florida housing study, and Maddie's Fund cost figures.